IRTUC - The signing of the agreement

Gibraltar - 12th July 2017 - Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the Union signed a “historic” new agreement between Unite, Spain’s two main trade unions, UGT and CCOO and Gibraltar’s teaching union, NASWUT, forming the Southern inter-regional trade union (IRTUC). The formation of the IRTUC aims to promote inter-regional cooperation, to develop solidarity between workers in the region and work in unison to allow for cross border workers between Gibraltar and Spain to have a voice during the Brexit discussions. The signing of the IRTUC document took place at Transport House in Gibraltar, the home of Unite Union Gibraltar.